An Atlas of Russian History: Eleven Centuries of Changing Borders

by Allen Frank Chew

s/t: Eleven Centuries of Changing Borders
This atlas, which combines thoro scholarship with the most practical features for use, will become an indispensable supplement to texts on Russian history for the historian, the student & the inquiring layman. The book contains 34 handsomely drawn maps—accurate, uncluttered & easy-to-read—that show how Russia’s boundaries have changed from the formation of the embryonic state of Kievan Rus in the 8th century to the most recent revisions resulting from WWII. Each map is accompanied by concise, descriptive text. The atlas will be a permanent addition to the reference shelves of libraries & individuals.
"An atlas to be welcomed by every student of history of Eastern Europe. The picture of boundary changes & shift during 1100 years is comprehensive & accurate. Perhaps the most valuable feature...is the series of maps concerning the growth of the Muscovy before 1462, maps referring to those events are not often to be found in histories of Russia."—Choice
Chew recently retired from the US Air Force Academy, where he was associate professor & course chairman for Russian history.

Genres: Reference

140 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 1967

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still thinking I'd be a history major and being saturated by the study, beginning in high school, of revolutions, I took Grinnell College's two-semester course in Russian history during the sophomore year. The teacher, a Russian-speaker from the Ivys, was extremely demanding, more demanding than any I'd had before (or, with one exception, since), and he was very anti-Soviet. While I certainly agreed with him about the USSR after the heady days of the revolution and the early twenties, I found his prejudice against Russian politics to extend back to at least Czar Nicholas. Consequently, the Soviet experiment was little considered, but imperial and Kievan Russia were studied in detail. Being very weak in the history of Russia before WWI I obtained this atlas from the college bookstore, using it during the second semester of the sequence. While it isn't pretty, all the maps being rather crude and in black and white, it served its purpose.